(p. 126) ālatā lac-dye esp. as used by Hindu women to paint the borders of their feet. 33)

(p. 107) ādā ginger. আদাজল খেয়ে লাগা v. to engage in something doggedly. আদায় কাঁচকলায় adv. at daggers drawn. আদার ব্যাপারীর জাহাজের খবরে কাজ কী an ordinary man should not meddle in big affairs. 60)

(p. 126) ālasē2 idle, lazy, slothful, sluggish, indolent. আলসেমি n. idleness, sloth; procrastination. 47)

(p. 115) āphrikāna an African; an African Negro. a. African. 73)

(p. 102) āgu the first, the beginning; the past; advance. a. first; preceding; advance; forward. adv. a. first of all. ̃তে adv. at first; in the past. ̃পাছু, ̃পিছু adv. n. from beginning to end, alpha and omega; the past and the future. ̃পাছু করা,̃পিছু করা v. to hesitate. ̃পাছু ভাবা v. to look before and after, to consider the pros and cons of a thing. ̃য়ান, ̃সার a. going or coming forward, advancing; proceeding; leading. আগুয়ান বা আগুসার হওয়া v. to go or come forward, to advance; to proceed; to take the lead. 2)

(p. 123) āẏamā a grant of rent-free land made by Muslim princes to religious preachers and to learned people. ̃মহল n. an estate of land held under this grant. 11)

(p. 125) ārka solar. ̃ফলা n. this sign over Bengali consonant letters to indicate a preceding '-r' sound; sun-ray; (facet.) a tuft of long hair maintained by a conservative Brahman on his crown. 17)

(p. 107) ātapatra a sunshade; an umbrella; a parasol. 12)

(p. 118) ābāda cultivation, tillage; cultivated land; land developed for agriculture; a human habitation; a settlement. আবাদি a. arable; fit for or developed for cultivation; cultivated. 23)

(p. 126) ālōcyamāna what is being discussed, (of a subject) under discussion. 92)

(p. 95) āiẏōḍina tincture of iodine. 11)

(p. 123) āẏāma1 width, breadth; length. 14)

(p. 104) āṭa eight. আটই, আটুই n. the eighth day of a month. a. (of the days of a month) eighth. ̃কড়াই, ̃কৌড়ে n. the Hindu ceremony of distributing eight kinds of fried snacks on the eighth day of a child's birth. ̃খানা করা v. to break or tear into pieces. ̃খানা হওয়া v. to be beside oneself (with joy). ̃চল্লিশ a. & n. forty-eight. ˜চালা n. a thatched room with eight roofs and no wall. ̃ত্রিশ a. & n. thirty-eight. ˜পহর, (dial.) ̃পর n. & adv. whole day and night. ˜পৌরে a. worn or used all day round or ordinarily; (fig.) commonplace, hackneyed. ̃ষট্টি a. & n. sixty-eight. 43)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭā to fasten tightly, to tighten; to wear, to put on (পাগড়ি আঁটা); to bolt (দরজায় খিল আঁটা); to fix (স্ক্রু আঁটা); to affix (খামে টিকিট আঁটা); to shut, to close (দরজা আঁটা, লেফাফা আঁটা); to (be able to) contain or hold, to have capacity or room for (বালতিতে দুধ আঁটা), to contend with (usu. equally); to be equal to; to contrive (ফন্দি আঁটা); to be equal to, to cope with (বুদ্ধিতে আঁটা). a. closed, shut. আঁটাআঁটি, আঁটিসাঁটি n. excessive tightness; excessive strictness or rigour; firmness; higgling; excessive attention to (usu. one's own) interests (নিজের বেলা আঁটিসাঁটি). ̃নো v. to cause or force to contain or hold. 12)

(p. 97) ān̐disān̐di loopholes; tricks and stratagems; (sing.) due arrangement, order, system. 25)